Freight-car.



R. V. SAGE.

FREIGHT CAR.

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APPLIGATON FILED AUG, 21, 1907.

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FREIGHT CAR,

l APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1907.

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To allevhom concern;

Be -it known` that rI,- RALBH.' -V,.\. iSGE,y a citizen of theU-nited States; residing. '1n-thel borough 'of Westmont, inthe county ofiI Ca1n- .briaand" State of Fcifinsylvania,l.A have in-v vented certain new and.V useful "Improvements 1n Freight-Cars; and I- do hereby declare. the following to. b e a full-,1clear,v and exact description: of the invention, such asi W-llenable others 'skilled-` inthe. art toy whi ch M'ys invention-relates to improvements in railway carsfand more especially to-'those knownl as gondola.. cars. 'with lleven sides. althou .Y .certain of" my improvements may also' e applied to. `other' formsaef railway cars,y as may be readily understood by one l skilled inthe art.

lwhich it is: subjected;-

,The object-isto-providea car. which-shall be securely bracedl and enabled to- .resist to Vthe,l best advantag'eflthe. various strains to' .'llo-this endythe;niventioncensists in pro viding.' combined. isides and. side sills. composed o rolled I-beams'ofsuicient sizeand strength to support theweight ofthe lading.,

and atthesametime .of -sucient depth te serve as vthe;sidewalls-.mi the car. In a car usedl for-v the.shipment. of. heavy ntferial it isliniportant that thelew side walls should be'v of unusual strength', and by making these I wallsflntegral witlnt'he sills an 'especiallyc'ompaet and lsubstantialconstruction isl secured.

Myinvention' further` consistsin those novel features 'hereinafter` more particularly ,described and'set: fortli-l in the claims; in-

lcluding the-method ofsecuring; the endgloor plates to. the"'frame-worlr, se that the said.

be.1 easily removed and:y renewed when neces-" sary, this portionl of theccar being especially ksubject toV strains@ and shocks- A v Referring now to'the founsheetsof drawings: for-mingY part of this specification and in which similar characters indicate corre.-

1 .II oliy Figl showing. thef side sillv in section land withf thefl'oor removed to show-.the constructionoftheunderframe ofthe car; Fig.. 3 is a= side elevation ofi that 'portlon'of thev .car .shown `in Fig. 1; auvertical longitudinall sectional. elevation on the line IVTQIY of Fig. 2,; Fig.5T is anend elevation e of the ear.;l Fig. 6 isa transverse vertical sectional elevation onf the line VI-VI .of Fig. 1,A andi Fig. 7 is another verticali transversev sectional elevation at the car bolster on the line VH1-VII of Fig. 1. y

Referring now to the/characters of refer-V enceon the drawings :-1.. represents the cen-l ter sills of the cani each comprislngla web .plate 2 ef" varying depth, the endsi-fftapering towardf the body bolster; Angles 3- are secunedi to the upper edges of the center sills, and angles/1 andl 5 to the lower Aedges thereof,'as clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Draft sills 6 are attached to the ends of the vcenter sills by meansv cf lates 7, and to the end sills by ang-labrac ets 9; The side sills 10 of the car are formed of I-beams having nearly ene-halfV of. their depth extending above the reenter sills, this construction being. one of the?4 principal features of my inventi0n,.and Lbeams 1-1 extending across the end of. the carl are connected to the side sills by means of gusset plates-12 and angular brackets-13;

The-body holsters Mare composed of web plates having angles 12j-secured to their upper edges and riveted. tothe floor plates and to. cover plates-159, shown more clearly iii-Fig. 1 of thedrawi-ngs;` The-` angle plates 16' on the loweredges ofthezbolstershave secured thereto'a bettemiplate 20,.and. angles 17 and 18. connect the vbody bolstersto-thecenter and.

ception iof the king-boltis located between vthecenter sills on the line ofthebody bolsters and is provided with flanges bymeans of which it is=securedtothe sills and holsters.

Between! thebolsters are located the transomsff22f' extending from the center sills'to the side sills, andi eachfcom risingV a web with. -ianges extending entire y around the vsame tostre'ngthen it, and; in order that 'the' transoins` maybe secured: tol the floor vof the car and tol thel side sillsi: Tofurther strengthen theconstiruction, cover plates 23 are secured Patented O ct. 5, 1909'.

to.l the u per flanges of the-transoms and to the. car ooi" and plates-24 areriveted to the lower flanges thereof. Between the transoms and' thebody'belsters arecliannels 25,` which are secured to the-sills-by means loiiaiegl'esf,-

and between the center sills inr line. with'each transom: and eachv channel are spaclng 'mem'- bers 27 whichv are riveted the center sills;

The door plates 28 at the ends of the car are riveted to the upper flanges of the end, draft, and center sills and to the angles on the body holsters. These plates are hanged upwardly at the sides and are riveted to the side sills and stiiiened by means ot' angles secured to their surface in a diagonal direction, as shown at the cxtreme right in Fig. 1. It will he observed that the plates 28 cover only that portion of the iioor between the end sills and body holsters, and that the central tloor plates at the ends also terminate at the holsters. The construction mentioned permits of the renewal of these plates and of the draft sills, when required, without unnecessary labor, this portion of the car being especially subject to shocks and strains. Floor plates 2S) are secured to the center and side sills and extend between the body bolsters to lwhich they are also attached. They are likewise secured to the upper flanges of the diaphragms and transmis. Central floor plates 30 are arranged alifwe the side plates and riveted thereto, and t the upper flanges of the sills 1.

Above the side sills arewooden beams 31, secured by means otl bra' `iets 3Q, in order to prevent the ksills tron"- becoming battered when loading. heavy material such as steel billets. Box shaped braces 33 made of a single piece of pressed metal having flanged edges are formed to fit under the inner flanges of the side sills, and are riveted to these sills and to the tloor of the car and are located over the body holsters and tran-` soms as shown. Similar braces 3l are located at the ends of the car and bear against the outer side of the end I-beams l1.

Although I have shown and described my invention in considerable detail, I do not wish to limit myself to the exact and specific formspshown and described, but may use such substitutions, modications or equivalents. thereof, as are embraced within the scope oitI my invention as set forth in the claims.

that I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a railway car, the combination of center sills, side sills composed of I-beams and extending above the center sills, thereby .termin g car walls, and body holsters secured to the center and side sills.

2,111 a rail\ 1ay car, the combination of center sills, side sills composed of I-beams and extending above the center sills, thereby forming car walls, and body holsters and transoms secured tonthe center and side sills.

3. In a railway car, the combination ot" side sills composed of, I-beams extending above the center sills. thereby forming car walls, holsters connected thereto, center sills, tloorplates secured to the center and side sills, and cover platessecured to the body holsters.

4e. In a railway car, the combination of side sills composed of I-beams extending above the center sills, thereby forming car walls, center sills, body holsters connected.

thereto, iioor plates connected to ,the center and side sills, and cover plates above the iioor and secured to the latterand to the body holsters. In a railway car, the combination of side sills composed of I-beams extending above the center sills, thereby forming car walls, body holsters and transoms connected thereto, center sills, iioor plates connected to the center and side sills, braces between the center sills, and cover' plates above the tloor and secured to the latter and to the body holsters.

t5. ln a railway car, the combination with side sills composed oi' I-beams extending 'above the center sills, thereby forming car walls, center sills and body holsters, of tloor plates connected to the center and side sills, braces connecting the floor plates with the side sills, and stiiiening cover plates above the tloor and secured to the body holsters.

7. In a railway car, the combination of side sills composed of I-beams extending above the center sills, thereby forming side walls, and body holsters, transoms and diaphragms secured to the center and side sills.

8. In a railway car, the combination of center sills, side sills composed of I-beams and extending abo've the center sills, thereby forming car walls, floor plates secured to the center sills and side sills, and holsters and transoms secured to the center and side sills.

9. In a railway car, thecombination of center sills, side sills composed 't I-beams and extending above the center sills', thereby forming car walls, holsters, floor plates extending from the center sills to the side sills, and cover plates secured to the body holsters.

10. In a railway car, the combination of center sills,.side sills composed of I-beams and extending above the center sills, thereby forming car walls, body holsters, floor plates between the. center sills and the `side sills, and ioor plates connecting the center sills and secured to the plates last mentioned.

11. In a railway car, the combination of center sills, side sills composed of I-beams and extending above the center sills, thereby forming side walls, body holsters, iloor plates between the center sills and the side sills, licor plates` connecting the center sills and secured to the plates last mentioned, and cover plates secured to the body holsters.

i 12. In a railway car, the combination of center sills,' side sills composed of I-beams and extending above the center' sills, thereby forming car walls, body rholsters and transoms, 'licor plates connecting the center sills with the side sills, and' ioor plates connecting the center sills and secured to the plates last mentioned.

13. In a railway car, the combination of center sills, side sills composed of I-beains and extending above the center sills, thereby open box-shaped braces secured to the floor plates and to the side sills.

15. In a railway car, the combination of center sills, side sills composed of I-beams extending abeve the center sills, thereby forming car walls, end sills, holsters secured to the side sills, end floor plates extending between the end sills and holsters, and floor plates between the holsters. A

16. In a railway car, the combination of centersills, side sills composed of I-beams extending above the center sills, thereby forming car walls,-bolsters and transorns between the side sills, end sills, end oor plates between the end sills and bolsters, ioor plates extendingA between the bolsters, and

cover plates for stiffening the upper edges ot the holsters.

17. In a railway car, the combination of lcenter' sills, side sills composed of I-beams extending above the center sills, thereby forming car walls, body bolsters and transoms between the side sills, lend sills, end floor plates extending between the end sills and bolsters, floor plates extending from the center sills to the side sills and between the bolsters, and central floor plates between the center sills and overlapping thetloor plates on either side of said center sills.

18. In a railway car, the combination of center sills, side sills composed of I-beams extending above the center sills, thereby forming car walls, holsters and transoms, end sills, end floor plates extending between the end sills and the bolsters, floor plates extending between thebolsters on either side of the center sills, central floor plates between the center sills and overlaping the edges of the plates on either side o said center sills, and braces between the center sills. In testimony whereof, I hereto aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. 4RALPH V. SAGE. Witnesses:

WVM. J. FITZMAURICE, Jr., CYRUs E. BROWN. 

